Tresys
Technology
Announces
the
Release
of the
SELinux
Integrated
Development
Tool
(SLIDE)
Version
1.0
Columbia, Maryland–January 25, 2007
– Tresys
Technology
announces
the
release
of the
first
full
version
of
SLIDE,
an
integrated
development
environment
(IDE)
for
Security
Enhanced
Linux
(SELinux)
developers
and
integrators.
Tresys
SLIDE, a
free,
open-source
project,
provides
features
that
make
writing,
testing,
and
debugging
SELinux
policies
easier.
SLIDE is
designed
for use
with the
SELinux
Reference
Policy,
another
open-source
project
by
Tresys
that has
become
the
standard
for
SELinux
security
policy
development.
Tresys
SLIDE
provides
the
following
features:
-
An
updated
interface
for
policy
development,
including
developer-friendly
features
such
as
policy
syntax
highlighting,
context
suggestions,
and
integrated
compilation.
-
Quick
lookup
and
documentation
interfaces
into
SELinux
Reference
Policy,
along
with
convenient
indicators
of
required
syntax.
-
Advanced
wizards
and
easy-to-use
templates
for
automation
of
common
policy
creation
tasks.
-
The
ability
to
install
an
under-development
policy
on a
remote
system
for
testing
while
enabling
remote
audit
monitoring.
-
Seamless
integration
with
standard
Eclipse
-
providing
access
to
the
open
source
development
environment’s
features
and
functions.
The
SLIDE
project
is just
one of
several
Tresys-developed
open
source
technologies
and
enterprise
products
for
SELinux.
For more
information
on
SLIDE,
other
SELinux
open
source
technologies,
and
Tresys
products
visit
www.tresys.com.
About
Tresys
Technology
Tresys
Technology
is a
principal
open
source
contributor
to
Security
Enhanced
Linux
(SELinux),
with an
emphasis
on
making
SELinux
easier
to use
and
manage.
In
addition
to its
extensive
Secure
Linux
technology
development,
services,
and
training
experience,
Tresys
is
developing
the
Tresys
Brickwall™
and
Tresys
Razor™
suite of
products
to allow
Linux
users
and
administrators
to
easily
leverage
the
power of
SELinux.
Tresys
also
provides
business
and
government
organizations
with
expert
security
engineering
services,
including
security
testing,
evaluation
and
certification
support,
cryptographic
solutions,
and
security
technology
innovation.
For more
information,
visit
www.tresys.com.
